Adrian Falub


Adrian Falub is a Romanian football manager and former player.

Club career

Falub started to play football at Unirea Dej in the 4'th Romanian league. In 1989, he was transferred to the Liga I team U Cluj where he played 9 consecutive seasons. In 1996 Adrian Falub was sold to FC Basel because of the financial difficulties of the club. Falub did not adapt successfully to the Swiss lifestyle and after only one year, he returned to his beloved team U Cluj. In 1998 Falub moved to Gloria Bistriţa and one year later he was transferred to FC Naţional București. The Romanian defender played 4 seasons for FC Naţional București and in 2002 he went abroad, to the Cypriot side Digenis Akritas Morphou.

Coaching career

In 2006 Falub accepted the offer to become coach of U Cluj and left Digenis Akritas Morphou. He managed to promote the team in Liga I, 3 weeks before the final lap of the championship. Unfortunately, Adrian Falub's team had a very bad start in the 2007–2008 season and he was fired after 10 matches without victory. In 2008 Falub signed a contract with the Liga II team, Sportul Studenţesc. In 35 matches played under Falub's command, Sportul achieved 8 victories, 12 draws and 15 losses. He has terminated the contract with the Bucharest team on 17 May 2009. In April 2009 Adrian Falub signed a contract with FC Unirea Alba Iulia, helped the team to promote in Liga I.
In the autumn of 2010 Falub joined CSMS Iaşi.
In the winter transfer window he brought to the team Bogdan Ghiceanu and Claudiu Tudor amongst others. His contract was terminated in the summer of 2011.

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